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"Kat Ashmore's mission is to empower hungry readers everywhere to serve themselves and their families well and have fun doing it. Rather than focusing on restriction and what we should take off our plates, she asks: What can we add to our plates? After turning to TikTok for a creative outlet, her series of big, meal-in-a-bowl salads, known affectionately as "Hungry Lady Salads," blew up on social media. In her debut cookbook Big Bites, Ashmore shares...

The James Beard Award-winning team at Milk Street delivers 200 easy, clever recipes you can just cook: the world’s greatest culinary ideas, distilled to their essence and simplified for weeknight meals. Milk Street has spent years learning from cooks all around the world and applying those lessons to weeknight cooking here at home. This book takes the best of those great culinary ideas and pares them back to their most basic, essential elements....

"A new cookbook on fast dinners by #1 New York Times bestselling author Ree Drummond"-- "The #1 New York Times bestselling author and Food Network favorite The Pioneer Woman Ree Drummond returns with an exciting new cookbook filled with no-fuss family recipes for dinners, desserts, and more. Cook smarter, not harder! After seventeen years of sharing recipes in my cookbooks, on my website, and on my cooking show, I still absolutely love cooking!...

"Bold, fuss-free cooking that just happens to be vegetarian, Your Daily Veg celebrates everyday vegetables in a fresh and modern way. Chapters focus either on one core vegetable or a group of similar vegetables, celebrating seasonality and encouraging you to make swaps if you don't have the exact ingredients. These recipes can then be used as a base for experimenting. Starting with the ingredient and working forward from there, Joe Woodhouse blends...

"Raw, cooked, and gluten-free meals from the founder of the national award-winning healthy-snack company Two Moms in the Raw Within just a few days, Shari Leidich, a mother of three, went from working out daily and hiking in the nearby Rocky Mountains to being barely able to hold a pen. The diagnosis: MS. Gradually, thanks to a diet rich in raw foods, she returned to her former energetic self. For the long term, though, she knew she had to create...

"Satisfy your sweet tooth instantly with a microwave cake baked in a mug. Mug Cakes contains one hundred quick and easy recipes that are ready in a matter of minutes! Why reach for store-bought mix that takes up to an hour to bake? Let Mug Cakes show you how to make a quick, tiny batter to mix in a mug with a fork! They are the perfect personal serving size when you don't feel like baking an entire cake or pan of cupcakes. With dozens of mouthwatering...

''ONE OF THE TOP 10 COOKBOOKS OF SPRING 2024: Food and Wine— ONE OF THE BEST COOKBOOKS OF SPRING 2024: Epicurious "Lidey subscribes to the same theory of home cooking that I do. We all want recipes that have ingredients you can buy in almost any grocery store, recipes that are easy enough to make without breaking a sweat that will be delicious and satisfying for either an ordinary weekday dinner or for a special occasion." — Ina Garten, from...

"Nothing brings a family together like food. And no one knows food like Lidia Bastianich. In this inviting, deeply personal new cookbook, she shares, for the first time, the dishes she cooks for those she loves the most. This is the first book Lidia has written since her beloved - not just by Lidia's family but by millions of book and TV fans - mother died. With all the family stories and recipes, in some ways this book can be seen as a tribute to...

"A beautifully personal cookbook of more than 70 easy and inspiring Chinese and East Asian recipes for every occasion. Verna Gao is throwing a Chinese dumpling party and everyone is invited—so roll out the dough and learn to pleat like a Hangzhou grandma! The Hungry Banana Cookbook brings together more than 70 of Verna’s all-time favorite Asian-inspired recipes. Each dish is simple to make and sumptuous to eat, with something for every mood...

"A new meals-in-minutes cookbook from recipe developer, photographer, and blogger Kathryn Pauline! Based on the idea that one go-to component can anchor several meals, Piecemeal is designed to help a busy home cook prepare delicious meals simply, in 15, 30, or 45 minutes. This strategy-based cookbook features recipes for 30 transformational components - such as grilled corn, turkey meatballs, tzatziki, roasted grapes - each used in three different...